{"id":6474,"date":"2012-12-22T09:35:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T08:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hj.ekmsandbox.se\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2012-12-22T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T08:35:53","slug":"lite-val-amerikanskt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/2012\/lite-val-amerikanskt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lite v\u00e4l amerikanskt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En av alla julkr\u00f6nikor genom \u00e5ren har jag fastnat f\u00f6r. S\u00e5 jag fr\u00e5gade <strong>Daniel Grahn<\/strong>, som hade skrivit den, om jag kunde f\u00e5 publicera den h\u00e4r p\u00e5 Kyrkkaffebloggen. Han letade sn\u00e4llt upp den i sin dator.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel var VD p\u00e5 Libris ett tag och var innan dess chefredakt\u00f6r p\u00e5 tidningen Dagen. Nu har han varit publisher d\u00e4r ett tag, och d\u00e5 ing\u00e5r det att skriva kr\u00f6nikor. N\u00e4r vi s\u00e5gs p\u00e5 Swedmedias julbordskv\u00e4ll ber\u00e4ttade han att han och familjen forts\u00e4tter med den lite amerikanska traditionen. Grannarna v\u00e4ntar ju p\u00e5 dem!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lite v\u00e4l amerikanskt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201dDet \u00e4r kanske lite v\u00e4l amerikanskt\u201d, h\u00f6rde jag mig sj\u00e4lv s\u00e4ga till min samlade familj.<\/p>\n<p>Jag ville ge dem en chans att s\u00e5ga min id\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Till min f\u00f6rv\u00e5ning var det ingen som gjorde det. S\u00e5gade, allts\u00e5. Jo, kanske f\u00f6rresten, hustrun fick v\u00e4ldigt mycket att g\u00f6ra. Men v\u00e5ra tre s\u00f6ner st\u00e4llde upp.<!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Det var r\u00e5dslag, och jag hade just presenterat iden att g\u00f6ra tio julklappar. Sedan skulle vi knacka d\u00f6rr, \u00f6nska god jul till grannar vi s\u00e4llan tr\u00e4ffade, och knappt ens k\u00e4nde. Ge dem ett paket, och g\u00e5 till n\u00e4sta. Enkelt.<\/p>\n<p>Ju n\u00e4rmare jul vi kom, desto mer \u201damerikanskt\u201d k\u00e4ndes det. Vad ska folk tro? Vilka \u00e4r vi att komma och st\u00f6ra? Vi sk\u00e4mmer bara ut oss!<\/p>\n<p>I ett svagt \u00f6gonblick handlade vi in tio sm\u00e5 l\u00e5dor med tryffelchoklad och tio pepparkaksformar (f\u00f6rest\u00e4llande en gran). Lite r\u00f6tt sidenband, en silverf\u00e4rgad mistelkvist, och det blev riktigt snyggt.<\/p>\n<p>Under en dryg vecka stod tio pryliga sm\u00e5 paket p\u00e5 byr\u00e5n i vardagsrummet. F\u00f6r var dag som gick k\u00e4ndes hela grejen allt mer dum. Puttenuttigt, p\u00e5 n\u00e5got s\u00e4tt. Vi skulle l\u00e4mna v\u00e5r trygga bekv\u00e4mlighetszon, traska hem till n\u00e5gon annan och troligen st\u00f6ra denne i hennes, eller hans, bekv\u00e4mlighet. S\u00e5dant funkar i Amerika, knappast i Sverige och inte i Stockholmsf\u00f6rorten Nacka.<\/p>\n<p>Till sist fanns ingen \u00e5terv\u00e4ndo, familjer\u00e5det hade beslutat och vi gav oss ut med tomtelykta och tv\u00e5 ICA-kassar. Vi b\u00f6rjade s\u00e4kert hos n\u00e4rmaste grannen Birgit. Henne k\u00e4nner vi v\u00e4l, hon skulle aldrig sl\u00e5 igen d\u00f6rren.<\/p>\n<p>Birgit bara skrattade och var glad. God jul!<\/p>\n<p>\u201dK\u00e4re grannen\u201d, som vi kallar v\u00e5r kristne irakiske granne, ville bjuda p\u00e5 turkisk konfekt och arabiskt kaffe. Grannen i stora vita huset blev s\u00e5 f\u00f6rv\u00e5nad att han svor en l\u00e5ng harang, om\u00f6jlig att citera, men \u00f6nskade till sist god jul och tog sitt paket. Och s\u00e5 ensamme Gunnar i gula huset, och unga familjen i radhuset,\u00a0och s\u00e5 vidare\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Efter tio paket och bl\u00e5frusna n\u00e4sor var vi s\u00e5 upprymda och glada att vi ville k\u00f6pa mer tryffel och forts\u00e4tta. Vi k\u00e4nde oss som Nackas Karl-Bertil Jonsson.<\/p>\n<p>Nu har det g\u00e5tt fem \u00e5r, och vi har utvecklat v\u00e5ra utflykter. F\u00f6rra \u00e5ret hade vi tomteluva, pepparkaksdr\u00e4kt och stj\u00e4rngossestrut. Grannarna fotograferar oss n\u00e4r vi kommer, bilderna visas v\u00e4l p\u00e5 sl\u00e4kttr\u00e4ffar och sammankomster. I \u00e4rlighetens namn k\u00e4nns det lika amerikanskt varje \u00e5r, men det \u00e4r det v\u00e4rt.<\/p>\n<p>Och nu f\u00f6r tiden har grannarna b\u00f6rjat k\u00f6pa presenter till oss ocks\u00e5. Ingen jul utan v\u00e5r grannrunda.<\/p>\n<p>God jul!<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Grahn \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En av alla julkr\u00f6nikor genom \u00e5ren har jag fastnat f\u00f6r. S\u00e5 jag fr\u00e5gade Daniel Grahn, som hade skrivit den, om jag kunde f\u00e5 publicera den h\u00e4r p\u00e5 Kyrkkaffebloggen. Han letade sn\u00e4llt upp den i sin dator. 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